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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

Over the past 4 years LA’s tech fundings have growing at a 30% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) which is > 4 times the US average VC CAGR (7%). billion 2013 figure) have been massive financings at Honest Company ($70mm), JustFab ($85mm), ZipRecruiter ($63mm) and lord only knows how much SnapChat has actually accumulated.

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Q&A with EO’s 2017 Global Citizen of the Year: Cameron Madill

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Each year since 2013, EO recognizes one outstanding member who embodies the heart and soul of volunteerism, and who paves the way for others to follow, through its EO Global Citizen of the Year Award. I’ve applied a lot of the techniques I’ve learned from these experiences to both our B Corp community and our refugee work.

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Free Money for Student Tech Founders

David Teten VC

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. You could also live in a local “hacker house” for community support, e.g., Edyfi , The Garden , or Womxn Ignite. Use their software for interactive data visualization and modern business intelligence.

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4 Tips for Reaching Productivity Nirvana in 2016

Entrepreneurs' Organization

This article was originally posted on Inc.com, a partner of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization , the world’s most influential community of entrepreneurs. That was the goal of The 4-Hour Chef — to teach this toolkit using detailed examples. From 2007-2009 and again from 2012-2013, I said yes to way too many “cool” things.

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Parthean cares about personal finance so you don’t have to

TechCrunch

First, he said that education is the most high-leverage way to make an impact on an individual, community and world. The startup also recently graduated from the Pear accelerator , a program put together by the 2013-founded seed-stage venture firm. Is success defined by saving someone money three months after using the service?

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Sendbird raises $100M at a $1B+ valuation, says 150M+ users now interact using its chat and video APIs

TechCrunch

Sendbird , a popular provider of chat, video and other interactive services to the likes of Reddit, Hinge, Paytm, Delivery Hero and hundreds of others by way of a few lines of code, has closed a round of $100 million, money that it plans to use to continue expanding the functionalities of its platform to meet our changing interactive times.

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Israel’s startup ecosystem powers ahead, amid a year of change

TechCrunch

But it’s been hard to argue against this position in the last 10 years, as the country powered ahead, famously producing ground-breaking startups like Waze, which was eventually picked up by Google for more than $1 billion in 2013. Waze’s 100 employees received about $1.2